Web Design – Oregon Publishing, Inc

Web Design Vs. Web Development: Not the same.

Design and Development

The terms web design and web development are sometimes thought of as interchangeable. Allthough, the two have very different meanings. Let’s look at the differences. Know what your looking for so you know who to hire.

Web design is the front-end part of the website that you see on the screen. Web design is focused primarily on how a site looks, the visual represenstantion and how visitors who come to the site interact with it. Good web designers create websites that look great based on basic design principles blended with branding the look and feel of the business, person, or general industry the website is about. Visuals are only part of the design. Understanding usability and location of links, text and graphics is also neccessary to create a pleasent experince for your visitors or they may not return. Visitors and customers that are able to simply navigate around and find the information and products they came looking for don’t think twice about the great design the web designer created for them.

Web development is the back-end of the website, the code and programming, the nuts and bolts that powers the pages and allows for interaction with the website. Simple put a web developer focuses primarily on how a site works and functions. Experienced web developers know how to program or re-program scripts, work with various languages like HTML, CSS PHP, Javascript, etc. Further more they build and work with web forms, image galleries & slideshows, review systems, maps and much more to keep a site running effectively for the purpose it was created.

Please don’t blur the two, because you may think you talking to a designer when you may be talking to a developer and get unexpected results or become fustrated. Then again, most designers in today’s world will know some code and respect the development process. In turn most developers will understand the value of good design and create a website that functions around a particular design.
Finding a graphic-web developer, one who is both versed and experinced in creating a good design (front-end) and developing a website(back-end) around the same design he/she created is a rare and valuable find. Think of all the pieces to that go into a website that do NOT need to be communicated between two different people! That you need to communicate to only one person who understands the scope of a project from beginning to end. The time,savings, possible missed communication and collaborations are just not there to happen. If it does, that is soley between the client and the graphic-web developer. Ultimately it is one less person to have to explain anything to.

Oregon Publishing, Inc. Owner is a Graphic-Web Developer.
He also understands setting up a hosting accounts, working with domain names, integrating social media, and keeps tabs of what is going on with SEO (Search Engine Optimization

DW 8 crashes at Initializing Extension Data

So it was bound to happen at some point. I have over 90 websites setup in dreamweaver and have had an occasional error, but this was a new one on me.

Every time I tried to load Dreamweaver it would get stuck at

Initializing Extension Data

Off to find a solution in search and found this nice little gem that fixed it right up.

I have a similar solution in Dreamweaver CS4 Windows.
The folder in question can be found at /Documents and Settings/[login ID]/Application Data/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS4/[language code]/Configuration/SiteCache.
In my case, I found it sufficient to delete the folder and file for the site I last worked on. When I re-launched Dreamweaver, it automatically rebuilt the cache for just that site.

Source Here

Disc Golf : Selling a complete line of discs, clothing & accessories

Have you heard of the sport of Disc Golf? This recent website development is geared to that market. Pure Disc Golf is a business created by, run by, and sport played by Andrew Rich. In his own words, "I always dreamed of running my own pro-shop, helping new players develop their skills, and fostering growth in the sport. "

Andrew came to me with his old website, that was using some sort of yahoo store template, that was in need of a whole new design and shopping cart system. Andrew has inventory stocked and ready to sell; Golf Discs, Branded Clothing, and disc golf accessories. I offered a shopping cart solution installed and set up ready for him to start selling, it even has live USPS shipping pricing. The cart is easily manageable by himself to add products and categories, create specials and coupons, create invoices, track sales via report,, add product images, cross sell related products, allow customers to give product reviews and personal accounts and more. Andrew can handle everything from a backend administration panel.

Along with his Disc Golf Shopping Cart Website he needed business cards and a nice twitter background to complete the branding package to restart his business with an online component. All work and designs were complete and delivered within 30 days.

Learn more about Andrew Rich
Visit Pure Disc Golf
Contact Andrew via his website

Jamie Congedo: Voice Talent

Have you heard of Jamie Congedo? or rather I should ask you have you HEARD Jamie Congedo? She is a Voice Talent that has done radio spots, television commercials, and Public Service Announcements. Once advertisiers have heard one of her ads they often follow up to find out more about that dazzling voice and who that woman is. Learn more About Jamie.
She really knows how to control her voice and tune it for the product she is working on.

Jamie’s voice has been described as: Warm, Sexy, Lush, Vibrant, Sultry, Hip, Sophisticated, Fresh, Youthful, Friendly, Professional, Sweet, Real, Sensual, Inviting, Optimistic, Genuine, Knowing, Wry, Playful and Flirtatious.

I’m also happy to say Jamie Congedo trusted me to develop her website. Jamie was easy to work with and quick to follow up, provide feedback and knew what she wanted. What a great personality to work with. You can really feel the engery she offers, you only have to listen to her current voice demo once to understand that, but after you hear it once you will want to listen to it again. Jamies Voice Talent Demo is converted into MP3 and WMA formats that you can download off her website.

So next time you are looking for that extra something to make your audio advertisment stand out you should check out Jamie Congedo, a true voice talent!

Cally Duncan: Professional Photographer

I am happy to introduce Cally Duncan: Professional Photographer into my list of clients. She has been shooting professionally for around five years, but has had a passion for photography all of her life. That passion really shows through in her work. She not only enjoys working with the camera and editing the photos, but truly enjoys being with people and capturing the celebrations and special events that mark the memories of our lifes. Cally specializes in weddings and children photographs using natural light to bring that extra something to her shots, but does other categories/venues as well.

Her website is based in PHP and uses a custom template, there are several PHP based galleries, styled with CSS, where she can upload her own work at her own convenience. The navigations uses CSS sprites to save on bandwidth, her favicon is a nice black and white camera that you can not miss when you’re sifting through your bookmarks, and all pages have been optimized for search. Working with Cally was a real treat giving feedback and direction in a timely manner through out development. She has photoshop experience and designed the visual aspects of her site. Once she completed her designs, I took them and worked the CSS and PHP magic using Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and my skills and talent.

Be sure to check out Photography by Cally the next time you need a professional photographer who brings not only her talent and professionalism into all of her projects, but her charm and unique style too!